35% of Brits use their mobile on the toilet

A survey from digital consumer magazine igizmomag.co.uk has highlighted some odd behaviour when using mobile phones. The survey of nearly 10,000 consumers aged 16 - 45 found that over a third had chatted to friends on a mobile whilst on the toilet, 2% of mobile users have chatted whilst at a funeral and 1.2% had held a mobile conversation whilst having sex. Not surprisingly, 20% of people had been told by friends, family or colleagues that they used their mobile too much. [Press release]

Send a text to spend a penny

Finland's equivalent of the UK Highways Agency has started locking roadside toilets in isolated areas to prevent vandalism. However, customers can still use them, thanks to text messages. All you do is text the Finnish word for “open” to a special code and the door will unlock automatically. Mobile numbers will be stored for a short while, which will increase the possibility of tracing any vandals. The service is charged as a standard text message. [Source: Cellular-News.com]

London launches SatLav

A new mobile phone service in London is helping people to find the nearest public toilet. It’s hardly worth coming up with a blog post full of puns… because Westminster City Council have called it SatLav. Anyone in the West End of London can text the word TOILET to 80097 to discover the most convenient convenience. It calculates your location by determining the signal strength between your phone and the nearest cell site. 40 council-run facilities are included, along with others run by the Greater London Authority, London Underground and major retailers on Oxford Street. SatLav costs 25p on top of your text message.